Boys' name · peaked in 1880
Fredrick name popularity since 1925
56,747 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Fredrick. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Fredrick is about 66 years old in 2026. Fredrick peaked in 1880 as the #126 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 56,747
- Named Fredrick, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1880
- #126 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,736 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% boys
- 255 girls · 56,492 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 3.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Fredrick made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Fredrick births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1953. Measured as a share of all babies, Fredrick peaked earlier, in 1880.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, Fredrick's share of baby boys fell by 36%, from 1 in 9,700 to 1 in 15,100.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Fredrick's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Fredrick.
Decade by decade
Babies named Fredrick in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 2,790 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 5,575 | #220 |
| 1940s | 8 | 8,232 | #204 |
| 1950s | 43 | 11,347 | #209 |
| 1960s | 73 | 8,358 | #258 |
| 1970s | 88 | 7,742 | #268 |
| 1980s | 32 | 4,860 | #363 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,409 | #539 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,089 | #920 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,399 | #1,219 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 691 | #1,736 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.3% of babies named Fredrick from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Fredrick is most popular
The index compares Fredrick's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Fredrick.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.12× | 2,009 |
| Alabama | 2.21× | 2,074 |
| Louisiana | 1.99× | 1,892 |
| West Virginia | 1.62× | 754 |
| Michigan | 1.60× | 3,242 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Fredrick and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Fredrick (this page) | 56,492 | 1880 |
| Freddrick | 1,167 | 1974 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Fredrick's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Fredrick.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Fredrick (1880).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data